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full-throated

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfʊlˈθɹəʊtɪd/
  • General-American: /ˌfʊlˈθɹoʊtəd/
  • General-American: [-ɾəd]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Showing strong feelings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emphatic, forceful, vehement

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of a woman: having ample breasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buxom, curvaceous, bathykolpian, big, big-breasted, breasty, boobilicious, bosomy, busty, chesty, curvy, full-bosomed, full-throated, macromastic, mammose, racktacular, racktastic, stacked, top-heavy, well-endowed, well-stacked

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From full + throated.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: retentissant — using all the power of one's voice
  • German: vollkehlig — using all the power of one's voice
  • Irish: lánghlórach — using all the power of one's voice